HC Deb 18 October 1990 vol 177 c893W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in the case of prisoners held on remand for the purposes of extradition, the requesting country pays the cost of imprisonment so incurred should they oppose bail; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. John Patten

It is established international practice in extradition cases for the requested country to bear the cost of the fugitive's detention.

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